Worst floods in nearly a century kill 44 in India's Kerala state amid torrential monsoon rains

Rivers overflow after authorities forced to release water from dangerously full reservoirs

Chris Baynes
Wednesday 15 August 2018 16:30

India's June 2013 Flood: Earth's 4th Deadliest Weather Disaster Since 2000

By: Dr. Jeff Masters, 3:10 PM GMT on July 15, 2013
Over five thousand people missing in the wake of the devastating flooding that hit India's Himalayan Uttarakhand region on June 14 - 17, 2013, have now been declared dead, making the disaster India's deadliest monsoon flood event on record, and Earth's 4th deadliest weather-related disaster since 2000. The death toll of 5,748 tops India's previous record worst monsoon flood death toll of 4892, set in July 1968 in Rajasthan and Gujara provinces.



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